“I just wanna say I'm a huge fan of Lil Wayne," Douglas said at a press conference for the VMAs on Tuesday. "I listen to him before every competition and every training."

Luckily, she'll get to see the rapper in action - "he is performing and debuting his brand new song 'No Worries,'" she said.

Douglas is pulling double duty with appearances this week, as she's hopping from the Democratic National Convention to the VMAs - and revealing her book news in the process.

The 16-year-old is set to release an inspirational memoir called "Grace, Gold and Glory: My Leap of Faith" in December.

"Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book," Douglas said, according to People magazine.

While the memoir will chronicle her training away from home and her life prior to the 2012 Olympics, it'll also "be about how much my family and I have overcome during our journey," Douglas explained. "It hasn't been easy."

Her wish, she added, is for people to read about her journey and "think anything is possible."

Oh, yes, such an accomplishment. She devoted herself to running, jumping and tumbling – bravo! The US continues to fall behind in education/college graduation rates yet we heap praise upon athletes as if they make a necessary contribution to society. They don't – they're entertainers. Sport is only relevant in the US because we live in such a prosperous nation and can indulge in these trivialities. But we won't continue to prosper if we fail to emphasize education and correctly prioritize sports.

@ D'armagnac you fail to realize that most sports require you to have good grades in order to participate. Especially when it comes to school athletics. Who knows what the deaal was is her case, but i'm just proving a point here that in most case education and sport go hand in had.

I'm very proud of Gabby and all her achievements, but all that fake hair is killing me. Why is she bowing down to media pressure to look a certain way. A cute bob, or just a few hair pieces would be much better. All that fake hair makes her look much older and takes away from her true beauty.

if you look around in our communities it appears that is the going trend to have all the fake hair, but i say lets not focus on the hair focus on her achievements. hair is not a issue and we shouldn;t make it one,

Have you learned nothing about all the scorn heaped on the idiots who first criticized Gabby's hair? People like you were met with disgust for your fixation on a child's hair instead of her accomplishments and now your comments show you simply don't get it. Find something of merit and importance to focus on.